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EYEGLASS HOLDER. I No. 366,345. Patented July 12, 1887.

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N. PETERS Phowumu n har, Washington, D: C.

UNITED STATES PATENT -OFFICE,

MILES RIGGS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,345, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed March 26, 1887. Serial No. 232,481. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:-

. Be it known that I, MILES RIGGS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specificaafter more particularly described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of an eyeglass-holder constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, a side view ofsarne; Fig. 3, a back View of same, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of the holder shown attached to the apparel and supporting a pair of eyeglasses, the latter being indicated by dotted lines.

In the drawings, A designates the holder, which, as may be observed, is cut from sheet metal in a single piece to form the back plate or body, B, having laterally-extending arms 0 O, the pin or tine D at the lower end of said plate, the pins or tines E Eat the ends of said arms, and the hook F,which passes downward over the front of said plate or body, its end portion, (lettered G,) being turned upward against said plate and beveled on its edge, as shown in Fig. 2. It should be noticed that the holder, with the means of attachment to the garment of the user, and the hook having a light spring action, are made from a single piece of metal stamped out'in the form of a blank, thehook F and pins E being afterward folded or bent into shape.

In attaching the holder for use, the time or pin B is first inserted downward through the garment, as shown by dotted lines in' Fig. 4, and then, the holder being pushed a little to one side of a vertical position, one of the pins E is inserted into the fabric and there secured by drawing the holder back to its vertical position, after which a like movement of the holder with regard to the other pin E is made for the purpose of securing it in the fabric, the side movement being given in order that the pins may havea sufficient breadth ofthe fabric between them to insure the upper end of the holder being firmly held. The holder being secured at its lower end and upon each side adjacent to its upper end, will be very firmly and satisfactorily held. The manner of attaching the eyeglasses will be apparent. The bridge or spring connecting the frames being turned on edge may be readily passed upward between the back plate, B, and hook F, and then turned into the bowl of the latter, as shown in Fig. 4. The extreme edge of the hook F being beveled, facilitates the ready removal of the eyeglasses from the holder,

- when desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The eyeglass-holder hereinbefore described, consisting of the back plate having the vertical tine or pin D at its lower end, the hook F, depending from its upper end, and the pins or tines E E, one being at each side of the back plate and pointing toward each other, sub-- stantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 19th day of March, A. D. 1887.

MILES RIGGS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. GILL, WILLIAM B. ELLIsoN. 

